Overview

Building on the success of the first Internet of Things Research Workshop last July, we are expanding our scope to embrace new disciplines such as electrical engineering, civil engineering and design informatics. This is giving us an exciting line-up of topics.

We are using a deliberately generous interpretation of “Internet of Things” in order to cast our net as wide as possible. As before, our goal is to bring together people from across the University whose research contributes to this complex picture, to facilitate new collaborations, and to identify new research opportunities. Not all of the talks in the programme will present solutions or explicitly address IoT issues — we are also covering areas which are promising targets for future IoT research and applications.

Programme

Time

Speaker

Title

09:45

Kevin Collins

Opening

10:00

Session 1: University IoT Research & Innovation Service

Simon Chapple

Introduction to the Research & Innovation Service

Mark Strevens / Jimmy Angelakos

Demo of the Iot Research & Innovation Service

10:30

Session 2: Communications for IoT Applications

John Thompson

Theme Overview

Mahesh Marina

Network Slicing for 5G Wireless IoT

Tughrul Arslan

Automatic Crowd Sourcing of IoT and Sensor Big Data for Driving the Next Generation Location Based Services

Wasiu Popoola

Optical Wireless Communications for IoT

11:15

Coffee break

11:30

Session 3: Ethics and Governance for IoT

Ewa Luger

Theme Overview

James Stewart

Ethics and Governance for supporting the University IoT Research and Innovation Service

Renate Gerz

Rena's 5 Top Tips for Data Protection

Michael Rovatsos

Responsible Algorithmic Governance in IoT systems

12:15

Session 4: Infrastructure and Built Environment 1

Gordon Masterton

Theme Overview

David Rush

Fire Warning in Informal Settlements

Rory Hadden

Wildfire Sensing and Response

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Session 5: Infrastructure and Built Environment 2

Yuner Huang

Big Data for Offshore Structures

Stefanos Papanicolopulos

The Internet of Grains: Tracking Granular Flows

Cristina Nan

Architectural Robotics

Miguel Paredes

Collective Sensing and Mapping for the Urban Environment

14:45

Session 6: IoT and Blockchain

Chris Speed

Theme Overview

Aydin Kheirbakhsh Abadi

Applications of Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts in Charities

Andriana Gkaniatsou

Bitcoin Wallets

Ella Tallyn & Larissa Pschetz

Using a Technology Probe to Investigate the Effect of IoT Devices on Coffee Consumers

Services

Credits

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